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College
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The Right Coast
Why Americans are increasingly dubious about going to college
Even as freshmen nervously arrive on campus for the fall semester, policymakers are grappling with what they say has become an alarming decline in the number of high school graduates…
Family Law Prof Blog
How Abortion Ban May Affect Prospective College Application?
By Family Law
From The Washington Post:State laws on reproductive rights are a sudden new variable for students mulling where to apply. Massive numbers of students, especially those who are financially strapped, attend…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Longest prison sentence yet in Varisity Blues case, 30 months, given to Georgetown tennis coach
It has now been more than three years since I reported in this post about the first pleas in the high-profile college fraud Varsity Blues case detailed in this press release from…
The Right Coast
The culture wars have crept into Oxbridge admissions | The Spectator
At the moment the really disadvantaged candidates are arguably the white males from outstanding independent schools. If they are rejected by their first-choice college and placed in the pool so…
The Right Coast
To Get Into the Ivy League, Extraordinary Isn t Always Enough These Days – WSJ
Kaitlyn Younger has been an academic standout since she started studying algebra in third grade.She took her first advanced-placement course as a freshman, scored 1550 on her SATs as a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Crooked test taker gets four months in federal prison as Varsity Blues prosecutions conclude
It is now three years since I reported in this post about the first pleas in the high-profile college fraud Varsity Blues case detailed in this press release from the…
The Right Coast
TGIF: Slaps for All! – Common Sense
’MIT brings back the SAT: Most prestigious universities have scrapped SAT requirements, some before Covid but most under the cover of Covid chaos. Proponents say this is for equity, since…
The Right Coast
The College-Admissions Process Is Completely Broken
This might sound like good news, but the growing volume of applications hurts colleges and students alike. Flooded with applications and crunched for time, admissions officers quickly scan the files…
K-12 Legal Insights
Supreme Court to Hear Case on the Continuation of Affirmative Action in College Admissions
By John W. Borkowski, Aleks Ostojic Rushing, Former Attorney Naomie Kweyu
On January 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court (the “Supreme Court” or the “Court”) granted certiorari in the Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard…
The Right Coast
Harvard Students Are Covid Sheep – WSJ
To get into this university, we chose to detach ourselves from normal human experiences, neglecting our interests, hobbies, robust social lives anything that couldn t appear on a college application…